USA, 1937
69m
35mm film, black and white, 1.37:1
mono, English
An American borderline horror film directed by Wilhelm Thiele.
Plot Summary
Sundial Square in London is the scene of a series of killings committed by the mysterious Umbrella Man. Reporter Michael Dennis and Inspector Jefferson from Scotland Yard team up to try to catch the killer.
Credits
Crew
Director: Wilhelm Thiele
MGM
Producer: Sam Zimbalist
Script: George Oppenheimer
Play: Will Scott
Director of Photography: Leonard Smith
Editor: George Boemler
Music: William Axt
Song: Chet Forrest
Recording Director: Douglas Shearer
Western Electric Sound System
Art Director: Cedric Gibbons
Associate Art Directors: Harry McAfee, Edwin B. Willis
Cast
George Murphy (Michael Denis)
Rita Johnson (Patricia Herrick)
Virginia Field (Bessie Beavers)
Leo G. Carroll (Correy/Von Kranz/Mr Rabbit man/The Umbrella Man)
George Zucco (Inspector Jefferson)
Montagu Love (Sir Arthur Herrick)
Eddie Quillan (Bill Hawkins)
Leonard Mudie (Squires)
J.M. Kerrigan (Times)
Neil Fitzgerald (Inspector Sleet)
Harry Stubbs (postman)
Ivan F. Simpson (Burroughs)
Alternative Titles
Scotland Yardin vaikea pulma – Finland
The Umbrella Man – working title
